Garter.



H. L. CARPENTER.

GARTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1910.

1,069,852., Patented Aug.12,1913.

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HENRY L. CARPENTER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

GARTER.

Application filed September 29, 1910.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY L. CARPENTER, ofMinneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Garters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in garters and particularly toimprovements in garters designed for mens wear, and the objects of theinvention are to provide a garter which can, at one operation, be madeto draw up the stocking and at the same time, if desired, adjust thegarter upon the leg of the wearer.

The invention consists generally in the constructions and combinationshereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of a garter embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is asectional elevation showing the parts free and in position foradjustment, Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the parts locked againstmovement, Fig. 4 is a section on line :v-0c of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is adetail section of the clasp for engaging the sock, or stocking, Fig. 6is a detail plan showing the means for engaging the cord with one of thepulleys.

In all of the drawings, 2 represents the body of the garter, whichconsists preferably of suitable elastic webbing.

3 represents a suitable clamp holder, preferably formed of sheet metal,and having at one end a loop 4, through which the web 2 passes. The endof this web is adjustably secured in position by means of a slidingclasp 5. Upon the other end of the web 2 is a flat loop 6. The webbingpasses behind this and its end is then turned backward upon itself andpassed back through the loop 6, and usually projecting beyond the end ofthe loop at 7 The object in passing the webbing back of the loop 6 is toprevent the metal loop from coming in contact with the leg.

The clamp holder 3 is provided with a pulley 8 and also with a lockingdevice, such as a double pointed cam lever 9, having a handle 10. Thehandle 10 projects beyond the edge of the clamp-holder and is providedwith a suitable finger piece 11, projecting over the outside surface ofthe clampholder. By means of this finger piece the cam can be adjusted.The loop 6 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Serial No. 584,448.

has pivotally supported upon it a pulley 20. This pulley is mounted upona pin 12 that passes through a spring 13. The pin has one end journaledin said spring and its other end journaled in the loop 6. The spring 13has a loose end 14:, which bears against the body of the loop 6 andunder which the cord 15 may be slipped for the purpose of engaging itwith the pulley 20 after the garter has been put in place. The end ofthe cord 15 is provided with a suitable stocking or sock clasp 16,having a pivoted jaw 17 and a spring 18 that engages said jaw. The claspemployed, however, in this device may be of any suitable construction.

In operation, the garter is placed around the leg of the wearer and theloop of the cord 15 is carried under the end of the spring 13 intoengagement with the pulley 20. The clasp 16 is engaged with the top ofthe sock or stocking and the operator then pulls the cord 15. This pullsup the stocking to the required position and at the same time tightensthe garter upon the leg of the wearer. By gripping the cord in theholder 3 when the locking device is in its unlocked position, it ispossible to tighten the garter around the leg or draw up on the stockingleg, without one tightening operation affecting the other. When broughtto the proper position the lever 10 is turned by means of the fingerpiece 11 and the double pointed cam 9 is made to lock the cord 15, bothat the top and bottom of the inner wall of the clamp-holder 3. By thismeans the sock or stocking is secured at the desired height and thegarter itself is brought to the proper degree of tightness upon the legof the wearer. The double pointed cam within the clamp-holder clamps thecord between itself and the inner surfaces of the clamp-holder, and thisposition the cord retains until it is desired to release the sock, or toremove the garter from its position on the leg of the wearer.

The details of the construction may be varied in many particularswithout departing from my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, in a garter, with an elasticwebbing forming the body of the garter, having at one end a clamp-holderand at the other a suitable pulley, of a cord passing through saidclamp-holder and around said pulley and provided with a stocking claspand a double pointed cam mounted upon a pivot, adapted to be engagedwith said cord for locking it in said clamp-holder, substantially asdescribed.

2. The combination, with a band adapted to encircle the leg, of a clampholder attached to one end of said band, a cord guide carried by theother end of said band, a cord having means for attachment to a stockingand adapted to pass through said holder and said guide, and means forlooking said cord in said holder.

A garter comprising a band, a holder at one end of said. band, a cordguide at the other end of said band, a cord having a stocking clasp atone end and passing through said holder and around said guide, and meansmounted in said holder for gripping the free end of said cord, saidgripping means allowing the movement of one end of said cord to draw upthe stocking leg or the movement of the other end of said cord totighten the garter on the leg.

4. A garter comprising a band, a holder, and a cord guide, a cordadapted to slide in said guide and said holder and having a stockingclasp, means carried by said holder for gripping the cord, said grippingmeans allowing the movement of one end of said cord to draw up thestocking leg, or the movement of the other end of said cord to tightenthe garter on the leg.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day ofSeptember 1910.

HENRY L. CARPENTER. lVitnesses:

ALIoE GOLDEN, GENEVIEVE E. SoRENsEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

